Leadership

Leadership Team

About Our Leadership Team

Meet the people leading WellPower into our bright, innovative future.

Carl Clark, MD
President & Chief Executive Officer
After joining WellPower (previously Mental Health Center of Denver) in 1989, Dr. Clark became the Medical Director in 1991 and then the Chief Executive Officer in 2000, and in 2014, he also became the president.

As President and CEO, Dr. Clark is the visionary leader for the entire WellPower organization. He reports directly to the board of directors and is responsible for all day-to-day operations of the organization, directs the implementation of programs and activities approved by the board, and proposes, prepares and presents specific programs and activities to the board that will further the organization’s purposes. Additionally, Dr. Clark inspires the organization to pursue its goal of being the Center of Excellence in recovery-focused care with the best mental health services in the country.

Top 5 Strengths: Maximizer, Self-Assurance, Individualization, Ideation, Learner

Sharon Andrew
Vice President, Financial Operations
With more than 25 years of healthcare finance experience, including accounting management; mergers and acquisitions; and private equity, Sharon uses a mission-driven approach to ensure that WellPower’s complex financial systems are working as effectively and efficiently as possible. As VP of Financial Operations, she currently oversees revenue-cycle management, representative payeeship, payroll and accounting.

Dawn Davenport, PhD
Vice President, Child & Family Services
Dawn has worked for WellPower for over a decade, and in her current role, she oversees Child & Family Services. She reports to Chief Medical Officer Jody Ryan, MD, and is located at Dahlia Campus for Health & Well-Being.

Child & Family Services has been the focus of Dawn’s work during her time at WellPower. She has held the role of psychologist, program manager for home-based services and, most recently, the director of clinical services.

“I’m passionate and motivated to provide children and families with the best services we possibly can as an organization,” she said. “We have incredibly talented and committed staff with the ability to provide excellent care across the life span.”

Dawn enjoys spending time with her husband and two children, who are both involved in sports. "We enjoy spending time traveling, playing games and being outdoors." She also enjoys listening to music, cooking, dancing and participating in obstacle course races.

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Heidi Eastman, LCSW, CPRP
Vice President, Rehabilitation Services
Heidi Eastman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of experience in mental health and recovery services. She is the Vice President of Rehabilitation Services at WellPower, overseeing programs such as NextChapter in Education and Employment.

Heidi and her spouse moved to Denver in early 2017. Heidi knew she wanted to work at WellPower due to the excellent reputation it has in the Psychiatric Rehabilitation field. She earned a position as an Employment Specialist at NextChapter in March 2017, with the hopes that it would be the start of a long career at WellPower.

She became a Project Coordinator in November 2017 for the Denver’s Road to Work Program, while also earning certification as a Mental Health First Aid Instructor. In January 2019 she became the Director of Rehabilitation Services.

She says, “I am extremely grateful for all of the support that I have received over the past year to help me transition into the Vice President role. I have learned so much from the Rehabilitation Management team, Rehabilitation staff members, other Program Directors/ managers, Executive Management and from the people we serve. I look forward to continuing to help people reach their full potential and to providing people with extraordinary experiences.”

Top 5 Strengths: Adaptability, Connectedness, Ideation, Positivity, Arranger

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James Greer, MBA
Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
James is responsible for leading the day-to-day operations at WellPower, ensuring that we are operating as efficiently and effectively as possible for the people we serve. He oversees human resources; training; risk management; procurement; HIPAA security; quality systems, real estate and compliance.

James is a strategic thinker and visionary leader known for his ability to convert organizational intent into tangible results. He is also committed to delivering operational excellence with an equity lens. James most recently came from Vivent Health, an AIDS service organization providing medical home services for people living with HIV, where he served as senior vice president of operations. His experience also includes executive operations roles at two prominent organizations serving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Bridges US and Bethesda Lutheran Communities.

James currently serves as a board director for the Children's Museum Denver at Marsico Campus and served as a former board director for The Academy of Urban Learning, a charter school focusing on students experiencing difficult barriers to achieving educational success.

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Angela Oakley, CPA
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Angela Oakley is the Chief Financial Officer at WellPower, overseeing the organization’s accounting, finance, contracting/payer strategies, consulting services and accounts receivable functions.

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Kate Osmundson, MNM
Vice President, Communications
Kate leads comprehensive communications, branding and marketing strategy to advance WellPower’s positioning, mission and impact. She brings 20 years of experience designing strategic communications initiatives for health and human services organizations across metro Denver including Mile High United Way, Arapahoe House and National Jewish Health.

In 2022, she led the historic rebrand from Mental Health Center of Denver to WellPower on a limited budget. Kate is passionate about the power of impact storytelling to engage audiences across digital, print and in-person platforms and is known for the ability to lead projects, people and teams through complexity while balancing big-picture strategy and detail management. She holds a master’s degree in nonprofit management from Regis University and is a Leadership Denver class of 2023 graduate.

Top 5 Strengths: Strategic | Discipline | Individualization | Relator | Empathy

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Jody Ryan, MD, FRCPSC, ASAM-Certified
Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
As Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Jody Ryan oversees medical providers, including nursing and pharmacy and continues to have clinical time, seeing patients, as well as serving on the organization’s Executive Management team.

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Leslye Steptoe, PhD
Vice President & Chief Engagement & Culture Officer
As Chief Engagement & Culture Officer, Dr. Steptoe is primarily responsible for the design and implementation of an evidence-based approach to cultural competence at WellPower.

Working within all levels of the organization, she develops workplace evaluation and assessment tools as well as a variety of experiential learning opportunities for staff, and is committed to building strong external networks to ensure that WellPower is an engaged partner in the communities in which we live and serve.

Top 5 Strengths: Learner, Achiever, Context, Positivity, and Arranger

“Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging at WellPower is active—it’s about open communication and productive teamwork in a safe, respectful environment. Our Wellness Culture motivates each of us to build upon our individual strengths to achieve our common mission, and DEIB directly supports this by framing our differences not as a shortcoming but as a key strength. The more skilled we become at leveraging the different perspectives and experiences among us, the more successful we’ll be in our workplace and community."

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Wes Williams, PhD
Vice President & Chief Information Officer

Dr. Wes Williams is vice president and chief information officer at WellPower, Denver’s community mental health center. As WellPower’s CIO, Wes oversees IT infrastructure, enterprise applications, business intelligence, and evaluation and research for the organization.

Wes has been repeatedly recognized for excellence in technology leadership: a 2020 Denver Business Journal C-Suite Award, the 2020 Colorado CIO of the Year Corporate ORBIE, and finalist for the Colorado Technology Association’s 2023 APEX Award for CIO of the Year.

Wes has been a licensed psychologist in Colorado since 2005. As a young clinician learning to practice therapy, Wes struggled to keep up with clinical documentation requirements. These early career struggles inspired Wes to shift from clinical practice to health IT, building systems to better support clinicians in the behavioral health system. Wes graduated with a bachelor’s degree and honors in psychology from Stanford University. He earned his master’s degree and doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Outside of WellPower, Wes serves as chair of the board of directors for Prime Health, a non-profit organization that fosters innovation to improve the health of underserved communities. Wes previously served six years (2018-2024) on Colorado’s eHealth Commission, advising the governor’s office on its health IT infrastructure investments and representing behavioral health interests. To support his own well-being, he enjoys mountain biking, gravel biking, snowboarding, and coaching ultimate Frisbee.

Top 5 Strengths: Ideation, Strategic, Learner, Maximizer, Futuristic

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